Studio Multitracks

Thanks…. this is fantastic and appreciated

Thanks…and that’s the first comment.

Thxs for putting this up! As a musician i’m definitely learning a lot from hearing these tracks in isolation and it’s encouraging me in my work.

Thanks for the posts, some really interesting stuff.

I have been looking for any Michael McDonald isolated vocal tracks — don’t know if they exist, but I saw a documentary on Steely Dan, and in the “making of” phase, they isolated his voice — and it was amazing. I think others would find it interesting as well. I think your site is fabulous. Many thanks.

@lizzo

I’ve searched for Doobie Brothers/McDonald but haven’t come up with anything. Some major ones are missing so far – Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Aerosmith. Still on the lookout…

My God–thank you! What a great site!

I am still searching for John Bonham’s track on In My Time of Dying. If anybody ever finds it, please give a heads up!

Amazing collection, great to hear, loved the isolated who drums track where you can hear Keith Moon screaming his head off as he does some energetic fills, you just have to love the crazy bugger.

This is great stuff. How did you accomplish this? Was it just a lot of very hard work for each track? I can’t think of any software that would just do this for you. Maybe the type of stuff Cedar Audio does, at that level of sophistication. Either way, what you’re doing is completely awesome. It’s more than wonderful to hear what really going on for some of this stuff.

This is great stuff. I’d love to hear some Pantera…

@Djerek

To answer this FAQ: I wish I could say that I’m a tech guru, and I’d also love to be able to isolate my record collection myself, but I’m really the compiler, not the isolater. For the most part, these tracks seem to come from the games Rock Band and Guitar Hero, which is why the isolated tracks are so clean, and why there’s a lot of big guitar rock. The rest is most likely leaked stems from recording studios that have been passed around and finally made their way to Youtube. I’ve heard that the game companies have gotten wise to it and now it’s harder to rip these isolated tracks. In the meantime, there’s a huge amount of it.

Update: there are plenty of tutorials on Youtube about how to make acapellas/instrumentals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGMiYEi0D6w

hello! awesome site!!! i have searched for QUEEN – SHOW MUST GO ON, but still i can’t find it…

This is incredible. I have spent some time trying to teach myself “Gimme Shelter” by the Stones and this will definitely help with some of the parts which are difficult to hear on the mixed song.

HOW do you do this? Access to unmixed tracks? I have always wondered if there was some way to use technology to split a mixed song into its component parts. Perhaps you have done that?

This is absolutely amazing, this site really makes me want more!
It’s so cool to be able to hear all these amazing details I’ve never noticed before!
As a musician, it’s great to hear what kind of ambience (reverbs/delays etc.) were used for different purposes and in different era’s.

Thanks very much for this!!

This is pretty cool!
Thanks!

Starliner

Read about your site in the Chicago Reader – thanks man! I produce music and it’s so great to hear the artists I love in their purest rawest form! Would love to hear Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Scott, Prince, & Miles Davis’ trumpet in isolation!! Peace, Don Solo

Thank you for posting these songs. I’ve just discovered your site totelly by accident and think it is my new favourite place. I adore The Carpenters but always felt that some songs were somehow overdone – the way you’ve posted them are for me better because the clarity of Karen’s voice is so much clearer.
Anyway thanks again – reckon I’ll go and explore who else is on here..

What a cool concept for a blog. I love it – and I suddenly feel the need to go make some mash-ups!